Co-Teachers: Melissa Hood and Rachel Sheldahl Instructional Strategy: Pattern Maker
TPA Approved Lesson Plan Template
Desired Results
Co-Teaching: List the co-teaching style you’ll be using and why you have chosen this co-teaching method.
Pattern Maker: Students will take what we have learned about syncopation and create an 8 measure spiritual using syncopation.
Learning Objective: Key Understanding(s) you intend students to obtain:
Students will understand how learning musical notation can help them create and perform original music.
Assessment Evidence
What do you want your students to know?
Students will know the difference between musical notes and rests.
Students will know how to accurately sing different combinations of syncopated rhythms.
Students will know how to write notes and rests into measures of 4/4 time.
Learning Objective: Key Understanding(s) you intend students to obtain:
Students will understand how learning musical notation can help them create and perform original music.
Group Accountability (Formative Evaluation) How will you check to see whether your class has met your learning objectives?
Review syncopation game: Students will compare and contrast even and uneven rhythms through a listening game.
Group Project: Students will work in groups to develop their 8 measure spiritual.
What do you want students to be able to do?
Students will be able to hear the difference between even and uneven rhythms.
Students will be able to write down 8 measures of rhythm using correct notation, one measure including syncopation.
Students will be able to clap their created rhythm.
Students will be able to create lyrics and movement for their 8 measure spiritual phrase.
Learning Plan
What key vocabulary/language will students need to know to meet the learning objective?
Syncopation
How will you teach this key vocabulary to enable students to meet the learning objective?
Review game
Pattern maker strategy to create an 8 measure syncopated rhythm.
What is/are the Essential/Guiding Question(s) for this Lesson? (It should correlate to your learning objective.)
How can learning music help in problem-solving, goal setting, memory skills, self-esteem and teamwork?
How will you differentiate for all the learners.
Materials/Resources Required: Laptop to access YouTube, Copies of the Group Project sheet, review rhythms for game
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Method/Strategy (What will you do? What do you expect students to do? Include set induction and closing.)
Time Allotment
Welcome and warm-ups
3 minutes
Review Syncopation: Have students stand in a circle. I will clap a rhythm. If the rhythm is even they need to stay standing, if the rhythm is uneven, the will sit down. If they get it wrong, they will remain sitting. The last person standing is our “syncopation expert” for the day.
5 minutes
Play “Push Boat Song”. Have students listen, pick a movement (sailing or work movement) and practice moving to the song. Moving to syncopation: Watch “Joyful, Joyful” YouTube video to give an idea of movement and spirituals.
10 minutes
Group work: Students will divide into groups and start work on creating their own spiritual. Melissa will guide one group and I will guide the other. Help students notate their 8 measures and get them thinking about possible lyrics. Students can start thinking of movement and planning their performance for next class period.
Time: 30 min.
Co-Teachers: Melissa Hood and Rachel Sheldahl
Instructional Strategy: Pattern Maker
TPA Approved Lesson Plan Template
Pattern Maker: Students will take what we have learned about syncopation and create an 8 measure spiritual using syncopation.
Students will understand how learning musical notation can help them create and perform original music.
Students will know the difference between musical notes and rests.
Students will know how to accurately sing different combinations of syncopated rhythms.
Students will know how to write notes and rests into measures of 4/4 time.
Students will understand how learning musical notation can help them create and perform original music.
How will you check to see whether your class has met your learning objectives?
Review syncopation game: Students will compare and contrast even and uneven rhythms through a listening game.
Group Project: Students will work in groups to develop their 8 measure spiritual.
Students will be able to hear the difference between even and uneven rhythms.
Students will be able to write down 8 measures of rhythm using correct notation, one measure including syncopation.
Students will be able to clap their created rhythm.
Students will be able to create lyrics and movement for their 8 measure spiritual phrase.
Syncopation
Review game
Pattern maker strategy to create an 8 measure syncopated rhythm.
How can learning music help in problem-solving, goal setting, memory skills, self-esteem and teamwork?
(What will you do? What do you expect students to do? Include set induction and closing.)
Melissa will guide one group and I will guide the other. Help students notate their 8 measures and get them thinking about possible lyrics. Students can start thinking of movement and planning their performance for next class period.